A knife-wielding 19-year-old was shot in his hip by a Columbus police officer during a
confrontation at a South Side apartment last night, police said.

The man, whose name had not been released late last night, was in serious condition at Mount
Carmel West hospital and also had a laceration to his throat, said Sgt. Rich Weiner, spokesman for
Columbus police. He is expected to survive.

The man ignored repeated commands to drop the knife, Weiner said.

Tony Marcum, the father of the man’s girlfriend, said his daughter said the man was threatening
to kill himself with the knife. Police wouldn’t say whether the man had cut himself.

Columbus police were called to 1433 Stimmel Rd. Apt. 2-B in the Franklin Manor apartment complex
on the report of a disturbance shortly after 7 p.m. A woman let them inside.

A neighbor, who wouldn’t give her name, said she heard the police officers threatening to knock
the door down unless they were allowed to enter.

“A couple of seconds later, I heard a pop and then the lady was screaming and crying,” the woman
said.

Columbus police were called to the apartment complex Thursday night on the report of a fight in
the basketball court area that involved the same man, Weiner said. No one was charged.

It was the second consecutive day with an officer-involved shooting on the South Side.

Police yesterday charged Guilford C. Thornton, Jr., 50, of 1542 Oakwood Ave., with six counts of
aggravating menacing. Two of the aggravating-menacing charges accuse Thornton of pointing a shotgun
at Officers Jeffrey J. Kasza and Danny J. Dupler and refusing their order to drop it.

Thornton has not been served with the arrest warrants because he is still in the hospital,
according to court records. Grant Medical Center was not releasing information about his condition,
though police say he is expected to survive.